Formatting titles

Learning Objectives Identify the first, last, and important words in a title. Capitalize the first and last words of any title. Capitalize important words like nouns, verbs, and adjectives in a title. Keep small words (like 'a', 'an', 'the', 'and', 'in') lowercase unless they are the first or last word. Underline the titles of long works like books and movies. Put quotation marks around the titles of short works like poems and short stories. Correctly format a given title using capitalization and underlining or quotation marks. Have you ever noticed how some words in a book title are BIG and some are small? 🤔 Let's find out the secret rules! Today, we're going to learn the special rules for writing titles. Knowi...

TermDefinitionExample TitleThe name of a book, story, movie, or song.The title of my favorite book is 'Charlotte's Web'. CapitalizeTo make a letter a big letter (uppercase) instead of a small letter (lowercase).We capitalize the first letter of a sentence, like changing 'h' to 'H'. Important WordsWords that carry the main meaning, like nouns (people, places, things), verbs (action words), and adjectives (describing words).In the title 'The Cat in the Hat', the important words are 'Cat' and 'Hat'. Small WordsShort connecting words like 'a', 'an', 'the', 'in', 'on', 'and', 'but', 'or'.In the title 'Green Eggs and Ham', the word 'and&...

Title Capitalization Rule Always capitalize the First word, the Last word, and all the Important words in a title. Keep the small words lowercase. Use this rule every time you write a title. Important words are nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Small words are short connecting words like 'a', 'and', 'in', 'of'. Underlining for Big Things Underline the titles of long works. Use this for big things like books, movies, and magazines. For example, you would write the title of the movie 'Finding Nemo' with a line under it. Quotation Marks for Small Things Put quotation marks around the titles of short works. Use this for small things like poems, short stories, songs, and chapters in a book. For example, you would write the tit...